Replication files for Shen-Bayh. 2018. "Strategies of Repression: Judicial and Extrajudicial Methods of Autocratic Survival." World Politics, 70, no. 3.

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* Variables *
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#### Unit of observation is individual challenger who has been implicated by the regime as  participating in a coup plot.

### Regime and country variables

country: name of country where threat arose and punishment occurred.

year: year that punishment occurred.

exec_mil: if head of state was military leader, coded as 1; 0 otherwise.

### Challenger variables

challenger_type: if challenger was member of the ruling party or military at time of punishment, coded as "Insider"; "Outsider" otherwise.

actor_type: factor variable which identifies whether challenger was member of the ruling party, military, or opposition party at time of punishment.

opp_type: factor variable which identifies whether challenger was member of the ruling party, military, opposition defector, or opposition non-defector at time of punishment. Opposition defectors had defected from the ruling party, whereas opposition non-defectors had not previously held membership in the ruling party.

### Repression variables

trial: if challenger was prosecuted in common law or military court, coded as 1; if challenger was subjected to any form of extrajudicial punishment, including detention, deportation, or execution without trial, coded as 0.

deport: if challenger was deported without trial, coded as 1; 0 otherwise.

prison: if challenger was imprisoned, with or without trial, coded as 1; 0 otherwise.

execute: if challenger was executed, with or without trial, coded as 1; 0 otherwise.

pres_commute: if challenger was pardoned or had their punishment commuted by the head of state, coded as 1; 0 otherwise.